<p>some say its good to take first semester bc it prepares you for other classes when it comes to writing and what not, but should and must i take it first semester?</p>
<p>what are interesting/relatively easy A classes and what teACHERS do you guys rec? should i wait a semester or two for a particular teacher who will make it interesting and wont make it so hard to actually get an A?</p>
<p>what are the german and slavic lang ones like?</p>
<p>It's a good idea to get the RC requirements out of the way since they're in high demand b/c practically all students have to take this requirement. The RC budget is also being slashed due to finance problems, so class offerings are supposed to go down.</p>
<p>So the earlier you can fulfill them the better. There's no rush, but it's nice to have this requirement done with.</p>
<p>For easier classes choose ones that don't have the words "rhetoric" or "english". German and Scandinavian have large amounts of A's. German R5A was really easy w/ Banwell... 95% of the class received A's and I really liked the theme of the class. There's no midterm, no final, but a moderate amount of reading that's reasonable.</p>
<p>Difficulty really depends on the teacher... so I'd check pickaprof.com and ratemyprofessor.com for reviews and opinions. </p>
<p>*easy class=popular class... German R5A completely filled up completely in phase I</p>
<p>Just to throw this out there, you can waive the second half of your R&C requirement by "demonstrating effective english skills", in my owns words. You have to go through a process and do some write-ups. Don't know much details but I know it exists.</p>
<p>im still trying to decide about the r5as</p>
<p>any more input?</p>
<p>thanks for the responses</p>
<p>take scandinavian. i heard that it is easier on average. i personally haven't taken the r and c reqs yet and im going to be a junior. take it asap to get it out of the way. I regret putting it off for two years.</p>